高职高专英语第一册教案【荐】.doc

Unit 1 Why English Is So Widely Spread? I. Teaching Objectives: After the learning of this text, the students will be able to 1. understand the main idea of the text (English is widely spread in the world); 2. learn to analyse long difficult sentence patterns; 3. grasp the key words, language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, speaking and translation exercises related to the text. II. Time Allotment: Eight periods (six for intensive reading and two for Exercises) III. Text Analysis 1. The English language is used by more people in the world than any other living language today. living在使用中，实践着的，活动中的 living language现用的语言 a living hope, faith, reality 现存的希望，仍在信奉的信仰，活生生的现实 2. …the majority of people in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are also native English-speakers. majority: 多数，大多数 e.g. The majority of people realize the importance of limiting population growth. 大多数人认识到限制人口增长的重要性。 He was elected by a majority of 3749. 他以3749的多数当选。 3. …even if you add up the populations of these countries the total only comes to about 400 million,… add up加起来 e.g. Add up all the money I owe you.? 把我应付你的钱都加在一起。 These numbers add up to 100. 这些数目合计为100. come to总数为；苏醒；涉及，谈到 e.g. That year’s grain harvest came to over 270 million tons. When she came to, she could not, for a moment, recognize the surroundings. When it comes to politics I know nothing. 4. …the important reasons for the spread of English language are economic. 表示什么的原因 reason 后用介词 for. e.g. The most important reason for his success is his diligence. 5. …any country wanting, for example, to trade with the United States, or to take advantage of its technology, must be able to operate in English. Any country 在句子中是主语，“wanting, for example, to trade with the United States, or to take advantage of its technology”是现在分词短语做any county 的定语。 trade with… 与…做生意 e.g. China trades with many countries. take advantage of … 利用；占…的便宜 e.g. The peasants took full advantage of